bb turbo?

[mixeds14]

k, can anybody tell me how in the hell u know if a turbo is ball bearing or just a turbo, im bouth a t28(i guess) the comp.side says m24 a/r60 n ex. is 80 i believe it has a four bolt housin on the exhaust so can i use the housin of my t25 to bolt up my downpipe or do they sell an adapter. i dont really know much about turbos, im just a broke *** trying to make it in the turbocharger world so donthave the funds to buy new stuff. by the way the search button doenst have all the answers, thanks in advance.

[Tyler]

email your serial # to these guys: http://www.gpopshop.com/garrettt2kits.html

and they can tell you for sure

[mixeds14]

come on guys, this thing doesnt have a tag(sn) on it.

[turbo2nr]

bb are water cooled and oil cooled.

also the bb turbo wheel should spin longer then a standard bearing..

[eazye2000]

bb are water cooled and oil cooled.

Look for four(4) inlets/outlets on the center cartridge. That will be a ball bearing turbo. (99% of the time)If it only has two(2), then it's more than likely a journal bearing type.

[480sx]

I dont think thats right Ez, i know the t25 stock SR turbo has water in/outlets and is shaft driven. Also, what about the stock s14 t28? I cant see them putting water on their t25's and not on the t28's.

If it has two though, its def a standard turbo.

[mixeds14]

well i put it to yall like this, i bought an ebay t25 kit for my s14 wich is what i have on there know (yeah i know turbo) but anyways, its a no brand name turbo n if has both the oil n water in/outlets n i dont thinks that would be a bb turbo, thats why im comfused, i want to by a bb turbo to upgrade n the a/r 60 t28 seems a good candidate but like i said i would like a bb.

cheap bb turbo wanted..............

[480sx]

Dont get hung up on a BB turbo. The spool up is barely any faster than that of a good shaft driven turbo(and that research was done through Garrett, who loves to push BB turbos on everyone), and BB turbos have tons of draw backs.

A bb turbo is not rebuildable. A bb turbo costs on average 300-400 dollars more than their journal bearing counterparts.

Thats just the two big cons to a bb turbo off the top of my head.

Also, that ebay kit turbo is def not a BB turbo. Good luck with that kit man, hope it works out for you. Atleast dont cheap on the tuning!

[eazye2000]

Yea, I wasn't 100% sure on that. But I figured I'd give him something to look for.

And I personally think that a Ball Bearing turbo is only good if you are going to expect your car to last a long time. The longevity is pretty decent on them if they are treated right. From what I've personally experienced, a journal bearing turbo will crap its self soon before a BB would in the same situation.

But then again, I'm known to be wrong. So whatever. lol